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Taipei Wenhu MRT trains collide near depot
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
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Two trains from Taipei’s troubled Wenhu Mass Rapid Transit Line collided inside a depot Thursday, causing NT$1 million in damage, the city said. No injuries were reported as none of the trains were carrying passengers at the time, according to the city...
Tags: memorial hall, Taipei Wenhu, national memorial, Taiwan, Taipei, 228 Incident, Taipei Rapid Transit System, 228 Peace Memorial Park, Ma Ying-jeou, Muzha Line, Human Interest, Taipei MRT, Neihu Line, Neihu District, Republic of China, Hakka, Kuomintang, Medium-capacity rail transport system, Disaster Accident
Taiwan to cut tax on LPG hybrid car
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
Credibility Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) Taiwan is planning to reduce the commodity tax on liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-powered hybrid cars to encourage consumers to buy the less polluting vehicles, with the Executive Yuan passing a draft amendment Thursday as the first...
Tags: hybrid cars, Taiwan, commodity tax, LPG, lpg hybrid, Taipei, Environment, Hybrid vehicle, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Business Finance, Emission standards, Automobile, Hybrid electric vehicle, Alternative propulsion
Taipei housing prices on the rise, but will the upswing persist?
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
Credibility Kayo CNA staff writer Taipei's volatile real estate market has been thriving recently after a few quarters in the doldrums, but recent proposals to raise various property-related taxes and complaints by city residents that housing is too expensive have...
Tags: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei City, China, housing priced, property market, real estate, property developers, Chang Chin-oh, Taiwan, Taipei, First-time buyer, Republic of China, Business Finance, Stock market
China visitors up 207% in 9 months
Shanghai :: China | 3 days ago
Credibility Visitor arrivals from China totaled 688,000 in the first nine months of 2009, up 207 percent from the same period of last year, according to statistics released yesterday by the Ministry of Transportation and Communications. The increase was mainly due...
Tags: China, Shanghai, Chinese American history, Taiwan, Business Finance
Taiwan economy shrinks at slower pace in 3Q
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
Credibility Taiwan's economy contracted at a slower pace year-on-year in the third quarter and the government raised its growth forecast for 2010 as rising demand from mainland China spurs a recovery. The island's gross domestic product shrank a smaller-than-forecast...
Tags: Taiwan, Taipei, Republic of China, Economy of Taiwan, Business Finance, Late 2000s recession in Europe, Late 2000s recession in Asia, Economic growth
Changhua County sets up social security service center
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
Credibility Changhua, Nov. 26 (CNA) The Changhua County government has set up a family care center that pools the resources of civic groups and private charitable organizations with the aim of strengthening social security in the central county. At an opening ceremony...
Tags: Changhua County, social security, Taiwan, Taipei, Typhoon Morakot, Social Issues, Changhua City
H1N1 outbreak expected to abate in mid December: health authorities
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
Credibility Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) The current influenza A(H1N1) outbreak in Taiwan is expected to slow down in mid-December with the expansion of the ongoing vaccination program to the wider population, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said Thursday...Tuesday,...
Tags: Taiwan, Taipei, Health Medical Pharma, Influenza, Pulmonology, Education, Health in the United States, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
Woo: China film biz 'much stronger'
Hong Kong :: China | 3 days ago
Credibility Action filmmaker John Woo has made a career out of macho fare like "Hard Boiled," "The Killer," "Face/ Off" and "Mission: Impossible II," riddled with bullets and charred with gunpowder. So it might surprise people to learn the director has never fired...
Tags: Taiwan, vivir sin, pudeo vivir, horse awards, sin ti, golden horse, China, Hong Kong, Entertainment Culture, Human Interest, Hard Target, Mei Lanfang, The Killer, John Woo, Beijing opera, Hong Kong Film Awards, films, Chinese films of the 2000s, Woo, My Sassy Girl, Red Cliff, Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhang, Hong Kong films, Hard Boiled, Chinese films of the 1990s, Forever Enthralled
Executive Yuan approves budget for 'i-Taiwan 12' projects
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
Credibility Taipei, Nov. 26 (CNA) The Executive Yuan approved Thursday a NT$3.99 trillion (US$122.8 billion) budget for the i-Taiwan 12 projects, which involve carrying out major infrastructure construction to boost economic growth and create jobs. Thursday, NT$2.79...
Tags: New Taiwan, Taiwan, Taipei, Business Finance, Environment, Dow Jones Newswires, Republic of China, Dow Jones & Company, Business cycle, Politics, Macroeconomics, Wu Den-yih, Contraction, Ma Ying-jeou, Taoyuan County, New Taiwan dollar, Economy of Taiwan, Recessions, Executive Yuan, Council for Economic Planning and Development, MarketWatch
'Infy is not in Mumbai because of poor quality of life'
Taipei :: Taiwan | 3 days ago
Credibility At the sidelines of an HR conference in Mumbai, Pai shared with DNA Amit Tripathi his company's approach to cost cutting and cash utilisation as good times return. Excerpts from an interview: For next fiscal, you said recruitment won't be as much as...
Tags: Mumbai, cut measures, cost cut, Taiwan, Taipei, BSE Sensex, Companies based in Bangalore, Infosys, Economy of Bangalore
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